Call of Duty: Black Ops III: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Call of Duty: Black Ops III collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2015 and finished No. 17; the season went to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. The Game Awards named The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt its Game of the Year.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a 2015 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It is the twelfth entry in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III finished #17 in the 2015 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Call of Duty: Black Ops III win?

Call of Duty: Black Ops III won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2015 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Call of Duty: Black Ops III win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 17 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released6 November 2015
DeveloperTreyarch
PublisherActivision

first-person shooter
cyberpunk video game
science fiction video game
personal computer
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
PlayStation 3
X-BOX 360
macOS
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Ukraine	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
WEGAME Expo	Ukraine	2015

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.